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softie small field artillery, with two 18-pounders, and in the night he retreated, leaving some of his wounded. The enemy burnt many of their dead, and in one pit has been discoVered thirty buried ; his loss must have been great. The loss on the side of the Spaniards has been trifling, only one hundred sib(' ten wounded. Captain \Vynter, who was some • time at the camp, and who had a - narrow escape, a grape-shot having grazed his hat, described to me that such was the animation of the Spanish troops, that it was with difficulty they were restrained by their Officers from pushing across. Thus, Sir, the spirit and good conduet of this di vision of the Spanish Galician army who, though without almost every part of clothing, and exposed to heavy rains withoUt shelter, had shewn to their own Nation, and to all Europe, that they are in spired with ardour for the delivery of 'their country tram a cruel Usurper, which alone a brave and loyal people can feel ; and the merit of their Comman ders bears so conspicuous a part, as their Lordships must appreciate much better than I could take the liberty of expressing of Officers superior in rank to myself. And it is but just to say, that the Officers employed in the gun-boats, executed well the instruc tions they received from Don Juan Carransas, whose unwearied attention to give every aid and assistance to the army with the most a6liye promptitude ex cited admiration. Lieutenant Toledo, commanding the Tigre, Spa nish schooner of war, who was up the river to give succour, was most aaive, and Lieutenant Alves, corninanding the Portuguese schooner Curioza, was alert and zealous to support the cause; and you will also be pleased to express to their Lordships the bap• piness I feel in being enabled to inform theM; that Captain Wynter and the British Officers and men, felt all that ardour to assist real friends which is in lerent in their charaaer. I have the Honour to be, &c. (Signed) GEO. M'KINLEY. MAILS. ARAIVED-.-I Dublin, i Waterford. DUE-2 Gottenburgh, Alidta, I Lisbon, 1 Waterford. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT TWLLVL O'CLOCK. 6gii I Red. Ann. - - CS Consols - THE SUN. Ca;.3M QUIS DICZRZ SALSUM AUDIAT i LONDON, WEDNELD“, JULY, 5, 1809. WE stated on Monday that a Telegraphic Dis patch had reached the Admiralty, announcing. the Recapture of Ferrol and Corunna by the Spaniards. The details of this most gratifying intelligence were this morning received by Government. It appears that in conseqlence bf the gallant aaions fought by the Spaniards near Porte Vedra, Marshal N EY has been obliged to evacuate Ferrol and Corunna, after spil;ing all the guns, blowing up the ammuni tion, burning the magazines, storehouses, &c. and on the e3d u.t. had retreated as far as t,pgo. Th e remains of SOULT'S corps were unable to of eet a ith NEY, as was asserted in the French Pa pers ; he remained at the Valley of I‘lonteforte on the gth ult. totally destit'ute ot artillery, ammunition, and magazines. /His any was almost naked, in great want of provisions, epee-ting every day to b e ait:vsked by the Marquis DE R6IIANA, who had azselibled an army of 26,000 men at ()reuse fot* tha purpose. We this morning recei . ted Jamaica Papers to the 23d of May. They state that an Eipedition had sailed, for tl.e p.utpose of taking possession of the • " City of Santa Domingo. The Gazette of last night contains the details of the aaions in /Gallicia, which we mentioned yester day. We have been fayoured ith some Private Cor respondence, containing further particulars of the advantages obtained by the Patriots. We this morning received some Portuguese pers, but they are ( f a very old date; the last ac counts froin Sir f RTHLTR WELL SLEY are dated the 15'06:Lining of June ; at that time h N, as ai;e.nblir g his furc L s at i‘t;rantes, with the intention of attack ing iii , who remained at Caceros and Trux -21.1e. We have received Dutch Papers to the 30th ult.--They contain nu news from the Danube 2nd no fresh French BulletiD.—The following the, only articlo we have at present time to extract , and the intt.lllg.nce it contains has been given in substance before " HAMBE7I3II, JUN:F. 4. The Insurgents in: the Tyrol are returned to frontiers.—The Binperor of the French had ordered an army of 30 or 38 ; 0,00 men to at against the N-Ithern parts of 'the • Tyrol, • However, the Bavarian General, WREDE has received orders to remain at Lintz—lint we exp6t a division 4the glny of ;reger‘e, wlio ale transported in 'waggons from the environs of Mentz' to Augsburgh.- Ano ther French corps is coining frcm Italy to enter the South Ty' of by the RI mter, Mountains." The Papers contain a lOng, account of the ca p. tune of •Ct: I...nderoy which we must defer till to. zr,,un ow. 2..1th 0 ' ugh, from the confidence which- welave in 'tike , Enodr , tiense of the 'people of this- country, • 'l 4 ;/ tvertt.c-J -, .vinced rhat the popularity of Mr. WAr.Dr.e., it was vpontros mibreproentation; and supported by faction, could not long subsist, we did not expea that it would undergo s o sudden and so violent a death ; we did not, we 'confess, expe& that " even-handed justice" would have so soon returned " the poisoned chalice to his own lips."— We did not expect that in so short a time, while the throats of Mr. WARDLE'S admirers were yet hoarse wttli bawling forth his praise —while the ink was yet wet upon the Addresses that thanked birii fur his Independence and Patriotism, that he Would , ! have given the death-blow to his own popularity, and that Mrs. CLARKE would be the instrument by i which this purpose would have been effeEted 'ln . commenting upon the conduct' of any other incliVi , . deal, we should quo t e t h e evidence of Mrs. CLARKE with - distrust, but against Mr. WARDLE it is deci sive. He cannot impugn the veracity of a woman, speaking upon her oath, upon whose word he as sailed the charaaer of the King's son. ' Mr. W:t.a. neE has said, upon his honour, that he had no con nection tvith Mrs. CLAak . E, except merely as a witness to prove the charges against the Duke of York. Mrs. CLARKE has said; upon her oath, that she was to assist Mr. WARDLE in the Investigation, in return for which he Was to furnish her house for her. Mr. WARDLE'has said upon his honour he had no hostile feeling against the Duke of York, and that his only motive for bringing forward the charges was a sense of public duty. 'Mrs. CLARKE has said, upon her. oath, th a t M r . W A R DLE ' advised 'Mr. WEIGHT, the Upholsterer, to whom she was in debted, to bring an aEticn against the Person whom he,' Mr. WARDLE, conceived ought to pay, and that he would pay all the costs. This Person, we need hardly say, was the Duke of York. Is this asser tion of Mrs. CLARKE'S true or false ? If she has sworn falsely, she may be conviaed of perjury on the evidence of Mr. WARDLE and Mr. WRIGHT ; if she has spoken the truth; we ask Mr. WARDLE, in what manner his public duty called upon him to - instigate the Upholsterer to bring an aaion against the Duke of York ? We ash him how that La&ion, cf which he offered to pay the costs, was co4neaed with the abuses supposed to exist in the Commander in Chief's Office? ' We ask him whether it was honourable, nay, whether it was legal, for him to make that offer ? Mr. WINDIIAM, with that lofty feeling which marks his charaaer, said, he had ra- 1 Cher be guilty of all the miscondua :imputed to the Duke of Yo r k, t h an h ave obtained the letters in the mariner which Mr. WARDLE had done; but what would Mr. W“iliiiAM have said, if he had known all the damning faas'that came out in the Court of King's Bench on Monday ? What will the Movers and Voters cl Addresses and Statues to Mr. WA - It- ~ DLE say whZ:n they read that trial ? One good ef lea, we trust, will result from this extraordinary proceeding : it will in futere prevent the people of this country from being seduced by the professions, and misled by the artifices of faCtion—it will teach them to pause before they give a man credit for pa triotism, merely because he clamours for reform—it will teach them to investigate his principles and his motives before they vote Liin addresses and statues. There is one passage in tlitt, concluding part of Mrs. CLARKE'S testimony which deserves particular atten tion, because it affords a notable specimen of the ingenuity and the morality of Modern Reformers. She says that Mr. WARDLE "S Attorney called upon tier and advised her not to go into Court, because she would be cut up by Serjtant BEST, in a cross examination ; and added, that Mr. WARDLE said he would give cut that she wal bribed by Ministers. A more ingenious device certainly could not have been hit upon ; it would either'keep Mrs. CLARKE out of Court, and that would be serving a private purpose, or it would throw an odium upon Minis ters, and that would be perforMing a public duty. We had written thus far when that most extraordi nary of all letters, Mr.WAninc's Letter to the people of the United Kingdom, reached us, and as we wish to a& with candour towards him, We have inserted it. Mr. WARDLE in his rage accuses the witnesses of Perjury, and his Counsel with *ant of prates sional judgment. His attack upon the veracity of Mrs. CLARKE . must expose him to tLie contempt of all those who remember the events of the last few months ; his attack upon the verat'lity of Mr. WRIGHT will in all probability lead to qonsequences of a more serious nature. An 'account has been received .of flu; following ship which sailed fionT Madeira on the 19tli_of May last, being off 4t...1ag0 the 30th of that month, all .well; viz. • • Castle Eden, Surrey, Marcbioness . of Exeter, Dover Cas tle, United Kingdom, Metcalfe,' City of London, Marquis Wellesley, Oevonshire, Taunton Castle, Earl I4owe, and _ - Retreat extra ship. The preparations for the Expedition proc , ped with . WO rapidity; that it w ill sa il i n a very fttw days. Ninety sail of Transports came into the Downs .on Monday, and part sailed immediately for Rtrwich. The. Ordnance Ships have almost. all been loaded, and are dropping down the River. The troops from Plymouth arc arrived at Portsmouth. Most of the Line-of-battle Ships have taken out their lower deck guns. great number of CONGREVE'S rockets and the SHRAPNEL,L have been shipped. , The a.uantitY besievz artillery is very large. NAVAL N EWS r~p~. PLYMOUTII, JULY 3. Arrived the Friend.;, BRAUND, from Bristol; Georges, TiprErr ; and Hawke, PILLAR, from Meath ; the American Schooner Resolution, BATES, from Boston, laden with tar and wine, bound to this port. Sailed his Majesty's ship San Josef, of 1 13 guns, for Torbay ; his Majesty's ship Orestes, of I'B guns, on a cruize; and the Eagle, WALKER, for Malta and Gibraltar; also sailed the Redruth, MOTEE j and Hete, CARDER, for Swansea. SHEERNESS, JUNE 3. Arrived his Majesty's sloop Tisipkone. Passed by down the River the Charger Gun-brig, having been fitted with a mortar. JULY 4.—Arrived the Zenobia from the Downs. ,Sailed the Deptford Tender, Lieut ANTRAM ; and Tisiphone for the Downs, . . ............ . DEAL, JULY 4.=-Arrived from the River the Ebenezer, ALLEN, for Newfoundr.and ;* Young Wil liam, WATSON, for the'South Sea,; and Alligator, ASTON, for Barbadoes. PORTSMOUTH, JULY 4. Arrived the Garnet Gun-brig with Dispatches, from Gibraltar. FALMOUTH, JULY 2.—Arrived the Max of Mon trose Packet irons Jamaica, in 41 days. • Sailed his Majesty's ship Goree, 'with her convoy foi Portugal 3 and Princess , :ElizaLt,"o Packet with two Mails for Lisbon. PORTUGUESE PAPERS. LISBON, .TUNE9.—Our . army is rapidly advancing from Oporto and Coimbra to Abrantes, which is at present the head -quarters; they are, of course; mov ing towards VICTOR'S army, in a direCtion to cut off his retreat frOm the French Frontiers.. The ships of the line sailed'on the Bth, rn search of the French ships that had been met with on their . way from the West Indies. LISBON, Jt.7NE 10.—VICTOR'S army extends from Torumerha by Truxillo, &c. to the Bridge of Al maraz. A French advanced guard Was destroyed in Aljuevel, from 40 to 50 being killed, and 25 wounded. The Germans who belong to VICTOR'S army had no sooner 'received certain intelligence:" of war hav ing., peen decl are d b e t ween A ustr i a and Fratice than they began to desert in large ;lumbers : some have even arrived in Castello Branco. As yet TIC. battle has taken place with that army.--(Liston Gazette of June W.) BA DAJOZ, JUNE 4.—We hare received intelligence of our troops having destroyed, on the 3I s( May, a body of the enemy's horse, which had occupied Aljucen, and are also assured that Gen. BLAKE has defeated the French in Arragon, who sustained a very considerable loss, arid that he is likely soon to retake Saragossa, , Letters frbm our army state, that the French corps in Merida will speedily be compelled to surrender, and that our head-quarters will be removed to that plce..—(Badqjoz Diary, June 4.) SEVII4E, JUNE 2.—(From the Extraordinary Gazette of the Government.)—Tbe Peasants of Monzon,, unable any longer to bear the multiplied oppressions of their enemies, took Elle generous re solution to rise against them without more fire-arms than seven muskets, but their loyalty soon procured them others with which they drove them from the village. The enemy, to reiktnge this disgrace, sent against them a detachment of 1500 men, but they were all either killed or taken prisoners. The enemy afterwards united all their troops in Arragon, and marched to attack General BLAKE. • JUNE 3.—The Captain-General of the ortny of Arragon has made the following communication by an extraordinary Courier. • " MOST EXCELLENT SENHOR, " The enemy, reinforced by almost the whole of the garrison of Saragossa, and with the troops scat tered in different positions on this side of the Ebro, came to attack me yesterday in roy position,iu front of this city. General SUCHET, who had succeeded JUNOT, wishing, no doubt, to signalize his entrance on the command by some signal advantage,' pro posed nothing less than the destruEtion of the army -committed to my command ; to etre& which, he left . Saragossa to take the command of this expedi tion in person, accompanied by WATIER and other Generals. " General SucHET, as it appears, had no idea of the brave and firm chara'eter of the Spanish troops, which he no* learned to his cost. Neither the brisk fire of his-artillery, nor the superiority of his cavalry, which was twice as numerous as ours, n-or the repetitipn of lour attacks, made with the greatest fury, by the .choicest of his infantry, could make the brave Spanish troops yield an inch of ground.— The French, at every attack; met with the most obstinate resistance, and were repulsed . with very great loss, till at length they availed themselves of the night to effect their retreat. , ' " IT have the utmost satisfaEtion 'in inform ing yciur 'Exceliency that though the French never. attacked wilt] greater violence than on this occasion, they' were never niet with a more deter ruined resistance.' . • _ •" May God:preserve your excellency. Jektatmes BLAZ - E. " Head-quarters, Alcaunizi May 24. 6 ! To the:Most Excellent Szbrick,k DON Are "0/4“; , Comdz;%," JAAI,4ICiI PAPERS. KINGSTON, MAY 20.—1 n consequence of the Pre clnmation of the Governor of St. Jago de Cuba, ex pressly ordering and commanding all French persons, and foreigners of whatever nation, resident there, to depart within a certain period, a considerable num-. ber of these people immediately availed themselves of every opportunity to obey the order, and pro ceeded chiefly toAmerica and St. Domingo; but at the expiration of the given time, by far a greater pro portion remained than had left it. On inquiry, however„ it was found utterly imprac ticable for such a vast concourse of people (it having been computed that there were not less than 20,0(Y: French inhabitants in St. Jago de Cuba and its en - Virons) to have embarked in so short a period, awl the Governor, taking their case into consideration, issued a fresh Proclamation, allowing them twenty . days longer to pr e p are f or t h e i r qu i tt i ng t h e island!: when, from the number of American vessels daily arriving, it was supposed that the whole of them would be able to get away. Every thing was per fedi)/ tranquil at St. Jago. The Dispatch brig, of 18 guns, Capt. LILLICRAr, and L.a Dccouverte brig, of 12 guns, Lieutenant GRAVES, have arrived here, the former from Nas sau; New Providence, in sixteen days, and the lat ter from a cruize off the Spanish Main. On the 28th of March, while cruizing in the Crooked Island Passage, the Dispatch lain with a French privateer with an English schooner in her possession : when the Dispatch hove in sight, the privateer immediate. ly quitted her prize, and made all sail Capt. La.- LI;;ItAF chaced her for sometime, but unfortunately was unable to come up with her, as she sailed into several creeks and intricate passages, whither it was impossible for the Dispatch to follow her without great risk. _ _ 7 The Captain of the schooner was just about ran soMing' her fOr one thousand dollars when Capt.tils- LICRAP hove in sight. On the 21st of April the Dispatch likewise fell in with two American bomb< ketches, with troops, from Baltimore, bound to New Orleans, for the purpose of enforcing the Embargo Laws. It was with great relu&ance they would al low Capt. LILLICRAP to board them, but after some consultation they thought proper to comply. Arrived, the American 'schooner Tryall, NASON from St. Bartholomew's laden with bread; wood hoops, and tobacco, said to be bOund to Antigua, .but detained by the Aurora frigate, of 28 guns, Cap; taro DUER, on the night •of the gth inst. about a mile S. S. E. of Santo-Domingo, and evid*ntly steer ing for that city, was brought into this pOrt on Wed nesday. From the following intelligence communicated by the prize -mater on board the schooner Tryall, we may momentarily expeet to hear of the fall of Santo-Domingo. This vessel parted from- the ifttiorG on the 12th inst. at which time she was in company with the 17olyphernus, of f 4 guns, Thrush and Twee sloops of war, anti Sparrow and Le Griffon, biig , :r lying off the city of Santo-Domingo. This respec table force 'it seems was meditating an immediate attack on the city, and, from the miserable condition it.was reduced to, it woujd no doubt instantly capi tulate. Speaking of its miserable condition, we mean thr distress it is reduced to for want of provisions, it be ing almost impossible for them to obtain any supplies , our squadron deterring vessels from entering 'the port, and the Spaniards cutting off ad succpurs b: land. Notwithstanding, however, the vigilAnce of our cruizers off the city, the French Schooner Supe-: riel4re, deeply laden with provisions, &c. eluUed their efforts, and succeeded in getting safe in on the lt)th instant. The Variable brig, of 12 guns, Lieut. YATES, arrived yesterday at Port-Royal. She sailed , Crocii Nassau, N. P. on the Ist inst. for the purpose c f cruizing in the Passages. On the 3d she spoke.the American schooner Venus, WILLIAMS, from St. Martin's; bound to the Haysnna, and learnt that a French frigtte, which had escaped from Guadaloupe, had been captured by ono of our cruizers, belonging to the Windward Island station. The following dav the Variable fell in with three American vesseli t from Cuba, bound to New Orleans, with a number of French passengers on board. On the 13th inst, off the Little Caicos, she de scried a large armed schooner, to which she Mime diately'gave chace, and, utter a pursuit of six hour-, came up with her, when she instantly struck, and proved to be the French national 'schooner La Celli tinclle, commanded by Mons. DE BEGOIN, mount ing three 6-pounders and an 18-pounder on a swivel, wlth sixty men, belonging to the city of Santo-Do- Iningo. Yesterday afternoon a Cabinet Council was held at Butlington' House, ot which were present his Grace the . Duke of PORTLAND, the LO R D CHAN CELLOR, Earls dHATHAM, CAMDEN, V 6.STMOR LAND, and BATHURST, Lords MULGRAVE kind CAS TLtREAGII, Mr. Secretary CANNING, and the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER. • The Riisario . SloOp of War's3ited from. the Nor,' ye:terda 'y with - a - Fleet for 'ileligol34. ,